London bin collections
33 councils collect household bins in London, serving about 9,000,000 people. Pick yours to find the official bin day checker.
- Barking and Dagenham London borough
- Barnet London borough
- Bexley London borough
- Brent London borough
- Bromley London borough
- Camden London borough
- City of London City corporation
- Croydon London borough
- Ealing London borough
- Enfield London borough
- Greenwich London borough
- Hackney London borough
- Hammersmith and Fulham London borough
- Haringey London borough
- Harrow London borough
- Havering London borough
- Hillingdon London borough
- Hounslow London borough
- Islington London borough
- Kensington and Chelsea London borough
- Kingston upon Thames London borough
- Lambeth London borough
- Lewisham London borough
- Merton London borough
- Newham London borough
- Redbridge London borough
- Richmond upon Thames London borough
- Southwark London borough
- Sutton London borough
- Tower Hamlets London borough
- Waltham Forest London borough
- Wandsworth London borough
- Westminster London borough
How bins work in London
Every council in London is single-tier, so the same council collects your bins and runs the local recycling centres, sometimes through a joint waste authority shared with neighbouring councils.
Under Simpler Recycling, councils in England must collect the same core recycling from every home: paper and card, glass, metal, plastic (including cartons), food waste every week, and garden waste for households that ask and pay any charge. The rules applied from 31 March 2026, with plastic film and bags joining the plastic stream from 31 March 2027. Councils still choose their own bins, colours and rotas.
GOV.UK: Simpler Recycling household guidance